Australia news live: flu vaccination rates dire, experts warn; federal races on knife-edge
People should not underestimate the risk of catching flu, health professionals say. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it’ll be Rafqa Touma with the main action.Tim Wilson is projected to reclaim his inner-Melbourne seat of Goldstein from the teal independent Zoe Daniel today but several other races are going down to the wire. Another class-of-2022 independent, Monique Ryan, is less than 100 votes ahead of Liberal Amelia Hamer in Kooyong next door to Goldstein; there is also a too-close-to-call race in the Sydney seat of Bradfield between the Liberal Gisele Kapterian and independent Nicolette Boele. And back in Melbourne, Greens leader Adam Bandt may lose his seat. We will have the latest on all the races over the day in the blog. Continue reading...

People should not underestimate the risk of catching flu, health professionals say. Follow today’s news live
- Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast
Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it’ll be Rafqa Touma with the main action.
Tim Wilson is projected to reclaim his inner-Melbourne seat of Goldstein from the teal independent Zoe Daniel today but several other races are going down to the wire. Another class-of-2022 independent, Monique Ryan, is less than 100 votes ahead of Liberal Amelia Hamer in Kooyong next door to Goldstein; there is also a too-close-to-call race in the Sydney seat of Bradfield between the Liberal Gisele Kapterian and independent Nicolette Boele. And back in Melbourne, Greens leader Adam Bandt may lose his seat. We will have the latest on all the races over the day in the blog. Continue reading...